Wood Buffalo National Park - Northwest Territories/Alberta, Canada
Wood Buffalo National Park is the largest national park in Canada. Sprawling across northeastern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories, it was originally established in 1922 in an effort to protect the world's largest herd of free-roaming Wood Bison.
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Wood Buffalo National Park and Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.
My last work trip took me through a bunch of critters. See you soon!
The Métis of Wood Buffalo National Park
Explore Canada’s largest national park and one of the largest parks in the world! Wood Buffalo National Park’s on-going efforts at cooperative management have roots in the rich history of the surrounding Indigenous communities.Traditional use of certain park resources by local Indigenous groups, including Métis communities is an important part of the park's cultural history.
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Wild buffalo in Wood Buffalo National Park - Full Documentary
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The Wood Buffalo national park covers an area of 44,900km2. In Wood Buffalo there are 47 species of mammals, most of which are typical of the boreal forest, and a much larger number of birds. This number is increased by seasonal migrations.
The origin of the national park, as its name suggests, is due principally to the wood buffalo. There is a population of around 6,000 wood buffaloes, the largest herd of these animals that exists in the wild in the world.
The Buffalo originated in Eurasia where it was hunted by Palaeolithic man. The decline of the Wood Buffalo was not due to hunting, as was the case of its relative from the plains. For some unknown reason it was at the point of extinction at the beginning of the century, and to try to prevent this, the Wood Buffalo national park was created in 1922. Then it sheltered a population of 1,500 buffaloes. The government had settled a group of plains buffaloes, the other subspecies, in the Elk Island national park, near Wood Buffalo. There, the buffalo population multiplied in a few years and outgrew the limits of population that the park could sustain, with the result that 6,673 of them were transferred to Wood Buffalo between 1925 and 1928 with disastrous consequences.
The plains buffaloes from this area infected the wood buffaloes with bovine brucellosis and tuberculosis. In addition, the two subspecies of buffaloes started cross-breeding until the pure-blooded wood buffalo seemed to have been lost. By the middle of the century, the loss of the wood buffalo subspecies was taken for granted and the worst thing was that those in charge of wildlife protection and conservation had been responsible for it.
Fortunately, a small herd of wood buffaloes which had not come into contact with the plains buffaloes was discovered in a remote corner of the park in 1958. Immediately measures were taken to avoid cross-breeding and animals were sent to different reserves so as to minimise risks. This small group had saved the wood buffalo from extinction.
Since 1970, the wood buffalo population in Wood Buffalo park seems to have gone down gradually, while in other nearby areas, like the Mackenzie buffalo reserve or the Elk Island national park, it has increased considerably. Even so, the largest group is still here in Wood Buffalo.
Within the park, wolves are the buffaloes’ only predators and it is thanks to them that there is a healthy buffalo population. However, the movement of large herds affects an infinite number of lesser species which share the plains with them.
Wood Buffalo national park is in a remote area of Alberta and the North-West Territories where access is difficult. Few visitors manage to penetrate its gigantic frontiers to marvel at the wild natural life inside. And the wood buffalo a relic of times gone by, is still completely unknown to most of them.
Wood Buffalo National Park: Dark Sky Preserve
The World's Largest Dark Sky Preserve - Wood Buffalo National Park was designated a Canadian Dark Sky Preserve by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC).
The RASC states on their web release: Wood Buffalo NP straddles the Alberta - Northwest Territories boundary and is the largest National Park in Canada, and with an area of 44,807 km2, it is larger than all dark sky sites in the world combined.
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Highlights of Wood Buffalo National Park
This short video showcases Canada's largest UNESCO world heritage site and national park as well as its oldest northern national park. This has been created from a collection of spectacular images for your viewing enjoyment by the folks who know the place.
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Wild buffalo in Wood Buffalo National Park - Part 4: Wood Buffalo vs plains buffalo
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The Wood Buffalo national park covers an area of 44,900km2. In Wood Buffalo there are 47 species of mammals, most of which are typical of the boreal forest, and a much larger number of birds. This number is increased by seasonal migrations.
The origin of the national park, as its name suggests, is due principally to the wood buffalo. There is a population of around 6,000 wood buffaloes, the largest herd of these animals that exists in the wild in the world.
16:22 The Buffalo originated in Eurasia where it was hunted by Palaeolithic man. The decline of the Wood Buffalo was not due to hunting, as was the case of its relative from the plains. For some unknown reason it was at the point of extinction at the beginning of the century, and to try to prevent this, the Wood Buffalo national park was created in 1922. Then it sheltered a population of 1,500 buffaloes. The government had settled a group of plains buffaloes, the other subspecies, in the Elk Island national park, near Wood Buffalo. There, the buffalo population multiplied in a few years and outgrew the limits of population that the park could sustain, with the result that 6,673 of them were transferred to Wood Buffalo between 1925 and 1928 with disastrous consequences.
The plains buffaloes from this area infected the wood buffaloes with bovine brucellosis and tuberculosis. In addition, the two subspecies of buffaloes started cross-breeding until the pure-blooded wood buffalo seemed to have been lost. By the middle of the century, the loss of the wood buffalo subspecies was taken for granted and the worst thing was that those in charge of wildlife protection and conservation had been responsible for it.
Fortunately, a small herd of wood buffaloes which had not come into contact with the plains buffaloes was discovered in a remote corner of the park in 1958. Immediately measures were taken to avoid cross-breeding and animals were sent to different reserves so as to minimise risks. This small group had saved the wood buffalo from extinction.
Since 1970, the wood buffalo population in Wood Buffalo park seems to have gone down gradually, while in other nearby areas, like the Mackenzie buffalo reserve or the Elk Island national park, it has increased considerably. Even so, the largest group is still here in Wood Buffalo.
Within the park, wolves are the buffaloes’ only predators and it is thanks to them that there is a healthy buffalo population. However, the movement of large herds affects an infinite number of lesser species which share the plains with them.
Wood Buffalo national park is in a remote area of Alberta and the North-West Territories where access is difficult. Few visitors manage to penetrate its gigantic frontiers to marvel at the wild natural life inside. And the wood buffalo a relic of times gone by, is still completely unknown to most of them.
WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK
Wild buffalo in Wood Buffalo National Park - Part 2: Native Indians
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The Wood Buffalo national park covers an area of 44,900km2. In Wood Buffalo there are 47 species of mammals, most of which are typical of the boreal forest, and a much larger number of birds. This number is increased by seasonal migrations.
The origin of the national park, as its name suggests, is due principally to the wood buffalo. There is a population of around 6,000 wood buffaloes, the largest herd of these animals that exists in the wild in the world.
16:22 The Buffalo originated in Eurasia where it was hunted by Palaeolithic man. The decline of the Wood Buffalo was not due to hunting, as was the case of its relative from the plains. For some unknown reason it was at the point of extinction at the beginning of the century, and to try to prevent this, the Wood Buffalo national park was created in 1922. Then it sheltered a population of 1,500 buffaloes. The government had settled a group of plains buffaloes, the other subspecies, in the Elk Island national park, near Wood Buffalo. There, the buffalo population multiplied in a few years and outgrew the limits of population that the park could sustain, with the result that 6,673 of them were transferred to Wood Buffalo between 1925 and 1928 with disastrous consequences.
The plains buffaloes from this area infected the wood buffaloes with bovine brucellosis and tuberculosis. In addition, the two subspecies of buffaloes started cross-breeding until the pure-blooded wood buffalo seemed to have been lost. By the middle of the century, the loss of the wood buffalo subspecies was taken for granted and the worst thing was that those in charge of wildlife protection and conservation had been responsible for it.
Fortunately, a small herd of wood buffaloes which had not come into contact with the plains buffaloes was discovered in a remote corner of the park in 1958. Immediately measures were taken to avoid cross-breeding and animals were sent to different reserves so as to minimise risks. This small group had saved the wood buffalo from extinction.
Since 1970, the wood buffalo population in Wood Buffalo park seems to have gone down gradually, while in other nearby areas, like the Mackenzie buffalo reserve or the Elk Island national park, it has increased considerably. Even so, the largest group is still here in Wood Buffalo.
Within the park, wolves are the buffaloes’ only predators and it is thanks to them that there is a healthy buffalo population. However, the movement of large herds affects an infinite number of lesser species which share the plains with them.
Wood Buffalo national park is in a remote area of Alberta and the North-West Territories where access is difficult. Few visitors manage to penetrate its gigantic frontiers to marvel at the wild natural life inside. And the wood buffalo a relic of times gone by, is still completely unknown to most of them.
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Buffalo herd on the highway (NWT, Canada)
Avoiding the deep snow of the ditch, a buffalo herd uses the highway, walking by me. Highway 1, NWT.
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Buffalo in NWT Canada
On our trip to Hay river, we saw some Bison on the side of the road, they are alive no worries :P
Im sorry for my camera shaking, the roads are very bumpy an it was windy.
Wild buffalo in Wood Buffalo National Park - Part 1: The Park
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The Wood Buffalo national park covers an area of 44,900km2. In Wood Buffalo there are 47 species of mammals, most of which are typical of the boreal forest, and a much larger number of birds. This number is increased by seasonal migrations.
The origin of the national park, as its name suggests, is due principally to the wood buffalo. There is a population of around 6,000 wood buffaloes, the largest herd of these animals that exists in the wild in the world.
16:22 The Buffalo originated in Eurasia where it was hunted by Palaeolithic man. The decline of the Wood Buffalo was not due to hunting, as was the case of its relative from the plains. For some unknown reason it was at the point of extinction at the beginning of the century, and to try to prevent this, the Wood Buffalo national park was created in 1922. Then it sheltered a population of 1,500 buffaloes. The government had settled a group of plains buffaloes, the other subspecies, in the Elk Island national park, near Wood Buffalo. There, the buffalo population multiplied in a few years and outgrew the limits of population that the park could sustain, with the result that 6,673 of them were transferred to Wood Buffalo between 1925 and 1928 with disastrous consequences.
The plains buffaloes from this area infected the wood buffaloes with bovine brucellosis and tuberculosis. In addition, the two subspecies of buffaloes started cross-breeding until the pure-blooded wood buffalo seemed to have been lost. By the middle of the century, the loss of the wood buffalo subspecies was taken for granted and the worst thing was that those in charge of wildlife protection and conservation had been responsible for it.
Fortunately, a small herd of wood buffaloes which had not come into contact with the plains buffaloes was discovered in a remote corner of the park in 1958. Immediately measures were taken to avoid cross-breeding and animals were sent to different reserves so as to minimise risks. This small group had saved the wood buffalo from extinction.
Since 1970, the wood buffalo population in Wood Buffalo park seems to have gone down gradually, while in other nearby areas, like the Mackenzie buffalo reserve or the Elk Island national park, it has increased considerably. Even so, the largest group is still here in Wood Buffalo.
Within the park, wolves are the buffaloes’ only predators and it is thanks to them that there is a healthy buffalo population. However, the movement of large herds affects an infinite number of lesser species which share the plains with them.
Wood Buffalo national park is in a remote area of Alberta and the North-West Territories where access is difficult. Few visitors manage to penetrate its gigantic frontiers to marvel at the wild natural life inside. And the wood buffalo a relic of times gone by, is still completely unknown to most of them.
First Steps - Wood Buffalo National Park
Learning to walk is the first step toward surviving in the wild. Experience rare video footage of a newborn 20-minute-old wood bison calf taking its first steps.
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Lost Tracks: Why Study Buffalo National Park?
Buffalo National Park was established in 1909 to help save the Plains Bison from extinction. Find out why the Park had to close by 1939.
These video interviews feature Jennifer Brower, MA, who directs the Buffalo National Park Foundation in Wainwright, Alberta. Her book was published by Athabasca University's AU Press in May of 2008. For more information about this book and others from AU Press, please visit
Parc National Wood Buffalo - Territoires du Nord-Ouest /Alberta, Canada
Partez découvrir les plaine salée du Parc National Wood Buffalo au côté de l'interprète Helen Lefebvre.
Le parc national Wood Buffalo est un parc national du Canada qui figure parmi les plus vastes parcs tant au niveau national que mondial. Il fut créé en 1922 pour protéger les derniers troupeaux de bisons du nord du Canada. Aujourd'hui il protège un exemple exceptionnel et représentatif des plaines boréales nordiques du Canada.
Il est possible d'y faire du vélo, de la motoneige (en hiver), de la pêche et bien d'autres activités de plein air.
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Kevin Courtoreille on Wood Buffalo National Park
Wood Buffalo National Park is Canada's largest national park and is situated on the Peace-Athabasca delta, one of the world's largest freshwater deltas.
Wood Buffalo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been dramatically altered by industrial development along the Peace and Athabasca Rivers. Hydro dams and water withdrawals and contamination from operations in the Alberta oilsands have threatened the park's heritage status and the way of life for those who depend on its waters.
Woods Bison
Woods Bison. Found near Fort Providence, Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories, Canada, 2017.
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